Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-15

nand abolished the old Salic law Of the Bour-
bons, and declared that his daughter Isabella
should reign after him instead Of his brother,
Don Carlos. This was the beginning Of a
schis1n, and in some form it has continued
ever since. Isabella born Oct 10 1880 wash
notorious queen and was finally driven to
France, but we should speak charitably Of
her since she forbade the execution Of the
American private soldiers captured with
the Lopez expedition and finally pardoned
them at the intercession Of the American
minister. As soon as her father, Ferdinand,
died Sept. %, 1883 Don Carlos called his ad-
hcrents to arms and civil war ragged with
horrible fury for six years, when Dom Carlos
was driven to France He appealed to his
Italian relatives, who sustained his cause,
aud between them on one side and the Com
munists or Radicals on the other Spain was
kept in constant uproar for many years.
Isabella, then grown to maturity, married
her cousin, Don Francisco de Asis, and there
was peace for awhile The late King Al
fonso was their SON.
Z Don Carlos died, but his son, Don Carlos,
count Of Montemalin, succeeded his claims,
and his supporters in Spain made three des-
perate insurrections-in 1646, in 1855 and In
1S60-but werc put down with merciless rigor,
the whole kingdom being declared in state
Of siege. The count OF Montemalin, who
called himself ''Charles XII of Spain" died
childless Jan. 10, 1861, and his rights, or
claims rather, at once passed to his brother,
Don Juan, ETC., Carlos. he married Maria
Theresa, archduchess Of Austria and princess
of Modena, which strengthened his claims q
little; and the present Don Carlos is their SON
born March 30, 1S4S. The old man, if we may
speak SO affectionately of an alleged king and
a real Bourbon, did not seem inclined TO tor
ment the Spaniards any longer, and would
probably have let his claim lapse if his rel,-
tives and expectant friends had allowed. In
1868 he resigned all his claims to his son, and
thereafter lived as quietly as they would let
him, dying on the 18th, Of heart disease, at
the age Of g.
Don Carlos tho son began his fight early.
At the age Of 10 he married Margaret de
Bourbon, Princess of Parma, and thus
drought in," as it were, another claim to
royal honors As soon as his father retired
Don Carlos began organizing another ex-
petition for Spain, and the war began early
in 1872 But there had been a revolution,
Queen Isabella had gone into exile and the
short lived republic was established. Don
Carlos, therefore, entered Spain July, 1873,
and issued high sounding proclamation
that he had come to save the country from
anarchy and ruin. In 1875 Alfonso,
son of Isabella, became king, and Don
Carlos addressed him curiously naughty
epistle, directing him to cease his
cruel and rebellious conduct and allow the
legitimate monarch to bless Spain. If not
there were extensive particulars Of annihila-
tion in store for him and his supporters.
After another year of hard fighting in the
| Carlist provinces their last stronghold was
captured and Don Carlos fled to France. In
1881 he was expelled from that country for
an ostentatious alliance with the Cemte de
| Chambord's supporters. He took flying
| trip to Mexico and excited much curiosity,
| but did rot find them in the humor for q
king Since then he has been emphatically q
king out of business. Now, the count Of
| Chambord being dead, he proudly proclaimf
| himself legitimate king of France as well as
| of Spain. 1t would be a rare comedy if such
claims had not SO often led to bloody tragedy